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WAC 173-201A-600 Agency filings affecting this section

Use designations—Fresh waters.

(1) All surface waters of the state not named in Table 602 are to be protected for the designated uses of: Salmonid

 spawning, rearing, and migration; primary contact recreation; domestic, industrial, and agricultural water supply; stock

 watering; wildlife habitat; harvesting; commerce and navigation; boating; and aesthetic values.

(a) Additionally, the following waters are also to be protected for the designated uses of: Core summer salmonid

 habitat; and extraordinary primary contact recreation:

(i) All surface waters lying within national parks, national forests, and/or wilderness areas;

(ii) All lakes and all feeder streams to lakes (reservoirs with a mean detention time greater than fifteen days are to

 be treated as a lake for use designation);

(iii) All surface waters that are tributaries to waters designated core summer salmonid habitat; or extraordinary

 primary contact recreation; and

(iv) All fresh surface waters that are tributaries to extraordinary aquatic life marine waters (WAC 173-201A-610

 through 173-201A-612).

(2) The water quality standards for surface waters for the state of Washington do not apply to segments of waters

 that are on Indian reservations, except for surface waters overlying fee lands on the Puyallup reservation consistent

 with the Puyallup Tribe Land Claims Settlement of 1989.

(3) Aquatic life uses are designated based on the presence of, or the intent to provide, protection for the key uses

 identified in Table 600. It is required that all indigenous fish and nonfish aquatic species be protected in waters of the

 state in addition to the key species described below.

Table 600 (Key to Table 602)

Abbreviation General Description

Aquatic Life Uses: (see WAC 173-201A200(1))

Char Spawning/Rearing Char spawning and

 rearing. The key

 identifying

 characteristics of this

 use are spawning or

 early juvenile rearing by

 native char (bull trout

 and Dolly Varden), or

 use by other aquatic

 species similarly

 dependent on such cold

 water. Other common

 characteristic aquatic life

 uses for waters in this

 category include

 summer foraging and

 migration of native char;

 and spawning, rearing,

 and migration by other

 salmonid species.

Core Summer Habitat Core summer salmonid

 habitat. The key

 identifying

 characteristics of this

 use are summer (June

 15 - September 15)

 salmonid spawning or

 emergence, or adult

 holding; use as

 important summer
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 rearing habitat by one or

 more salmonids; or

 foraging by adult and

 subadult native char.

 Other common

 characteristic aquatic life

 uses for waters in this

 category include

 spawning outside of the

 summer season,

 rearing, and migration

 by salmonids.

Spawning/Rearing Salmonid spawning,

 rearing, and migration.

 The key identifying

 characteristic of this use

 is salmon or trout

 spawning and

 emergence that only

 occurs outside of the

 summer season

 (September 16 - June

 14). Other common

 characteristic aquatic life

 uses for waters in this

 category include rearing

 and migration by

 salmonids.

Rearing/Migration Only Salmonid rearing and

 migration only. The key

 identifying characteristic

 of this use is use only for

 rearing or migration by

 salmonids (not used for

 spawning).

Redband Trout Nonanadromous

 interior redband trout.

 For the protection of

 waters where the only

 trout species is a

 nonanadromous form of

 self-reproducing interior

 redband trout (O.

 mykis), and other

 associated aquatic life.

Warm Water Species Indigenous warm water

 species. For the

 protection of waters

 where the dominant

 species under natural

 conditions would be

 temperature tolerant

 indigenous nonsalmonid

 species. Examples

 include dace, redside

 shiner, chiselmouth,

 sucker, and northern

 pikeminnow.

Recreational Uses: (see WAC 173-201A-
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200(2))

Extraordinary Primary

 Cont.

Extraordinary quality

 primary contact waters.

 Waters providing

 extraordinary protection

 against waterborne

 disease or that serve as

 tributaries to

 extraordinary quality

 shellfish harvesting

 areas.

Primary Cont. Primary contact

 recreation.

Secondary Cont. Secondary contact

 recreation.

Water Supply Uses: (see WAC 173-201A200(3))

Domestic Water Domestic water supply.

Industrial Water Industrial water supply.

Agricultural Water Agricultural water supply.

Stock Water Stock watering.

Miscellaneous Uses: (see WAC 173-201A200(4))

Wildlife Habitat Wildlife habitat.

Harvesting Fish harvesting.

Commerce/Navigation Commerce and

 navigation.

Boating Boating.

Aesthetics Aesthetic values.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 90.48.035. WSR 11-09-090 (Order 10-10), § 173-201A-600, filed 4/20/11, effective 5/21/11;

 WSR 06-23-117 (Order 06-04), § 173-201A-600, filed 11/20/06, effective 12/21/06. Statutory Authority: Chapters

90.48 and 90.54 RCW. WSR 03-14-129 (Order 02-14), § 173-201A-600, filed 7/1/03, effective 8/1/03.]